America Kills Taliban Leader, Taliban Vows to Punish Pakistan
On November 1st, a US drone did the whole world (and especially Pakistan) a favor by blowing up Hakimullah Mehsud, the previous commander of the Taliban in Pakistan. According to Dera Ismail Khan in "New Taliban Leader Vows Revenge Attacks in Pakistan" (Reuters), on November 8th, the newly-named leader of the Taliban in Pakistan, Mullah Fazlullah, vowed that the Taliban would get revenge for this by ... attacking Pakistan.
This illustrates precisely why our drone attacks are a very useful strategy, of which we should be proud rather than ashamed. Consider this logical sequence:
(1) - Hakimullah Mehsud -- a waste of oxygen -- is killed without risking a single American life, which is good because it is always sad when humans die in the process of disposing of mad beasts.
(2) - Mullah Fazlullah, coming to office as the new leader, heroically boasts that he will avenge the death of his predessor by ... killing Pakistanis.
Well, unlike Taliban members, Pakistanis may be presumed human until proven otherwise, but do you notice the members of which nation Fazlullah isn't talking about attacking here? Yup. The one which converted his previous boss from evil living humanoid to smoking future fertilizer. Americans.
Yes, I know the point of the threat from the Taliban POV is to pressure the Pakistani government to bar the drone strikes. But really, short of going to war against America, that's not that easy a thing for Pakistan to do. Meanwhile, our strike has increased the violence between a truly vile group (the Taliban) and a nasty little false friend (Pakistan). And the fighting is being kept abroad instead of on our soil. Oh, and Hakimullah Mehsud isn't springing back to life any time soon -- he's too busy entertaining his 72 virgin sows in Paradise.
A clear win for America, and the best sort of win we're likely to have while the Obamessiah occupies the Oval Office. At least he's good at killing people with drones! :)
This illustrates precisely why our drone attacks are a very useful strategy, of which we should be proud rather than ashamed. Consider this logical sequence:
(1) - Hakimullah Mehsud -- a waste of oxygen -- is killed without risking a single American life, which is good because it is always sad when humans die in the process of disposing of mad beasts.
(2) - Mullah Fazlullah, coming to office as the new leader, heroically boasts that he will avenge the death of his predessor by ... killing Pakistanis.
Well, unlike Taliban members, Pakistanis may be presumed human until proven otherwise, but do you notice the members of which nation Fazlullah isn't talking about attacking here? Yup. The one which converted his previous boss from evil living humanoid to smoking future fertilizer. Americans.
Yes, I know the point of the threat from the Taliban POV is to pressure the Pakistani government to bar the drone strikes. But really, short of going to war against America, that's not that easy a thing for Pakistan to do. Meanwhile, our strike has increased the violence between a truly vile group (the Taliban) and a nasty little false friend (Pakistan). And the fighting is being kept abroad instead of on our soil. Oh, and Hakimullah Mehsud isn't springing back to life any time soon -- he's too busy entertaining his 72 virgin sows in Paradise.
A clear win for America, and the best sort of win we're likely to have while the Obamessiah occupies the Oval Office. At least he's good at killing people with drones! :)